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Too Much Faith Will Make You Crazy: Stamping Out The Devil.

In a continuing effort to answer the question of “what’s the harm if someone thinks gods are real” I’ll often argue that accepting that idea implies accepting all the other baggage that goes with it such as angels and demons. This can be a problem when, say, a mother suddenly decides that her 5-year-old son has been possessed by demons. When exactly that happened down in Texas it didn’t turn out well for the son:

Magnolia police said Spurlock slashed her son’s throat from ear to ear and stomped on his head and chest. His chest cavity was crushed.

The boy, Michael, is in a medically-induced coma with life-threatening injuries. He is in stable condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital.

“She informed us she was trying to rid him of his demons,” Detective Brian Clack said.

According to investigators, Spurlock is very religious. Her Facebook account is filled with Bible verses and religious pictures.

“She stated they are a Christian family. She was reading the Bible with him and realized he was infested with demons and had to get rid of the demons,” Clack said.

The article doesn’t say, but presumably the mother will undergo psychiatric evaluation on the assumption that she’s mentally ill. Again I have to point out that anyone who claims demons are real and working to ensure a person ends up in Hell shouldn’t jump to the conclusion that this woman is nuts. Sure, you can quibble over her methods, but who are you to say he wasn’t infected with demons?

It’s all fun and games believing this nonsense until someone acts upon it. Then everyone carries on about how obviously that person was crazy all the while ignoring the crazy ideas they’re spewing themselves.

4 thoughts on “Too Much Faith Will Make You Crazy: Stamping Out The Devil.”

It is scary that this can happen. Particularly, to me, because a Christian who is dear to me has developed “the look”. I don’t know if you or others can relate to this, but I am aware that some bible-thumping evangelicals take on this crazy-eyed look. It’s as though some of these religious types cross a line mentally, it shows in the face/eyes, and I do find it very disturbing.

My mother is a born and bred Southern Baptist. Her religious beliefs are very strong, but she would be mortified by this. She is a firm believer in “Do no harm.” That is probably why everyone loves her.

The scariest people on earth are hardcore god fearing Christians, and Extremists Muslims. Yes i’m talking the 72 virgins at death ones, I don’t care how ignorant of my surroundings that makes me, Watch the movie “An American Crime” for the Christian theory, and the other? Well the Taliban is a faction but that is a good example of extremists that just happen to be Muslims. Anyone who would circumcise a woman should be maimed themselves.